Polymesoda expansa (Mousson, 1849)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Venerida
- family
- Cyrenidae
- genus
- Geloina
- species
- Geloina expansa
Name
- Homonyms
- Polymesoda expansa (Mousson, 1849)
- Common names
- Marsh Clam in English
- Lokan in Malay
- リュウキュウヒルギシジミ in Japanese
Bibliographic References
- Benthem Jutting, W. S. S. van. (1963). Non-marine Mollusca of west New Guinea. Part 1. Mollusca from fresh and brackish waters. <em>Nova Guinea, Zoology.</em> 20: 409-521.
- Hiong, K. C.; Peh, W. Y. X.; Loong, A. M.; Wong, W. P.; Chew, S. F. & Ip, Y. K. 2004. Exposure to air, but not seawater, increases the glutamine content and the glutamine synthetase activity in the marsh clam Polymesoda expansa. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 4605-4614.